κτίσμα

ktisma · creature

Greek word · Strong’s number G2938 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

ktisma (κτίσμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “creature”.

Something created, a creature.

How to say it

ktis·ma

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Every being that owes its existence to God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • creatures ×2
  • created ×1
  • creature ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Timothy 4:4

    For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

  • James 1:18

    Because he willed it, he brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • Revelation 5:13

    And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”

  • Revelation 8:9

    and a third of the creatures in the sea, those that had life, died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.